The Meaning of Numbers 4:40 Explained

Numbers 4:40

KJV: Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

YLT: even their numbered ones, by their families, by the house of their fathers, are two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

Darby: even those that were numbered of them, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred and thirty.

ASV: even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Even those that were numbered  of them, throughout their families,  by the house  of their fathers,  were two thousand  and six  hundred  and thirty. 

What does Numbers 4:40 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 4

1  The age at which the Levites were to serve, and the duration of the service
4  The duty of the Kohathites
16  The charge of Eleazar
17  The office of the priests
21  The duty of the Gershonites
29  Of the Merarites
34  The number of the Kohathites
38  Of the Gershonites
42  And of the Merarites

What do the individual words in Numbers 4:40 mean?

and were those who were numbered by their families by house their fathers' two thousand and six hundred and thirty
וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ פְּקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם אַלְפַּ֕יִם וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙  and  were 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
פְּקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔ם  those  who  were  numbered 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: פָּקַד 
Sense: to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for.
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם  by  their  families 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
לְבֵ֣ית  by  house 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֲבֹתָ֑ם  their  fathers' 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
אַלְפַּ֕יִם  two  thousand 
Parse: Number, md
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וְשֵׁ֥שׁ  and  six 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
מֵא֖וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים  and  thirty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: שְׁלֹשִׁים  
Sense: thirty, thirtieth.

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